Documents
Poetry reading by Ernesto Cardenal
Call Number: LA 113BFormat: Cass BCollection: Nicaragua
Poetry reading followed by a short question and answer dialogue from Father Ernesto Cardenal of Nicaragua. Poems, including "The Big Bang", "Wall and Water Street" and other pieces, are read in Spanish with English translation. Cardenal is known as one of the greatest living Latin American poets today. He wrote during the Samoza dictatorship and the Sandanista overthrow of Samoza in 1979. Through his poems, Cardenal brings together science and poetry, science and mysticism, mysticism and revolution, and poetry and politics. He speaks out against oppression and searches to preserve the unity of creation through spiritual insight. In a short question and answer period at the end of the reading, Cardenal discusses how Nicaraguan culture and revolution are entertwined and how poetry is an expression of the revolution. Cardenal also talks about his priesthood as a lifelong commitment and of poetry as a religious practice.
Interview with Luis Godoy
Call Number: LA 115Format: CassetteCollection: Nicaragua
1989 interview with Nicaraguan revolutionary musician, Luis Godoy. Godoy was born in 1945 during the Samoza dictatorship. He speaks about the responsibility of an artist to send an important message and raise the consciousness of the people. Godoy then explained that from a very young age he realized that he could express the injustices of Nicaragua through songs, "I realized that my music could be used as a social tool". Throughout the interview, Godoy discusses those who have influenced his music, his involvement with past bands, and his visions for the future in both his musical career and for his country.
Interview with Robin Singer
Date: 6/8/1990Call Number: LA 170BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Nicaragua
An interview with Robin Singer of the Atlanta Committee on Latin America and the Nicaragua Network discusses the 1990 agreement between the Nicaraguan Contras and the new Chamorro government of Nicaragua to demobilize the Contras by June 10 of that year.
Fifth Anniversary of Sandinista Revolution
Date: 7/19/1984Call Number: LA 173Format: CassetteCollection: Nicaragua
A report from Managua, Nicaragua on the fifth anniversary of the 1979 FSLN (Sandinista National Liberation Front) revolution. Describes the Managuan celebrations and outlines fears of disruptions to the upcoming elections by the CIA and the US-backed Contras.
Margaret Randall - Feminism in Sandinista Government
Date: 3/9/1993Call Number: KP 420Format: Cass A & BCollection: Nicaragua
Reads an excerpt from her book "Gathering Rage" about the oppression and struggle of feminist women in the revolutionary Nicaraguan government.
Deputy Prosecutor John Keker Speaks on Iran Contra Affair
Call Number: KP 499Volume Number: N/AFormat: Cass BCollection: Nicaragua
Remarks and Q&A with John Keker after the prosecution of Oliver North, including Keker’s thoughts on US foreign policy, executive v. judicial power and especially how the Reagan administration illegally sold weapons to Iran to provide support to the Contras in Nicaragua. Future implications of this prosecution and investigation are also discussed.
Vamos Haciendo Historia, Pancasan - Nicaraguan music
Call Number: LA 212AFormat: Cass ACollection: Nicaragua
Music from the second LP by the Nicaraguan group Pancansan who formed part of the Frente Estudiantil Revolucionario and were supporters of the FSLN (Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional). Songs about revolution, anti-imperialism and resistance.